stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to raise one's voice; to shout
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
mastery; skillfulness; dexterity; master hand; expert
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
with a (sharp) creak; with a squeak; with a screech
seeming (to be); appearing; apparently
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
by (means of); by doing; due to; via; through
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
master painter; great artist; painter; artist
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
addition; appendix; supplement; postscript
scream; shriek; shout; exclamation
true character; true form; true colors; consciousness; one's senses
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
visual confirmation; sighting
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
cloud of dust (sand, etc.); dust storm
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
scratch; graze; scrape; abrasion
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
to breathe out; to exhale
some people; a number of people; several people; a few people
to sprawl; to lie sprawled; to stretch oneself out; to lie relaxed on one's side
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
to rise; to get up; to stand up; to sit up
victim; injured party; sufferer